It is vital that a common language or standard definition of business words is used across the organisation. I find an information...
Skill, luck and project controls
In 'On probability, randomness and risk' we looked at probability. Randomness is a key ingredient in probability, contributes to luck,...
How to prepare an effective project report
A couple of conversations in the last week or so has highlighted the importance of effective communication if you want anyone to take...
KPIs, culture and project governance
On many an occasion we, and others, have defined good governance as balancing the needs of stakeholders and the objectives of the...
Using probability to analyse your project
Introduction by Pat Weaver To paraphrase the old IT joke about 10 types of people in the world (those that understand binary and those...
How not to kill a project
(This is a companion piece to Avoiding sunk cost syndrome on your project) Making a sensible decision to ‘kill’ an uneconomic project or...
How performance management can help your project
Some organisations perform consistently well, others don’t. This statement is true of all aspects of an organisation’s performance...
The origins of governance
There has been quite a lot written over the last few months on governance and one of the things keeping me busy is working on ISO 21503...